You also all get some Seedstacked bars, plus some baking from me. So please email to me (emailme (at) runningcupcake.co.uk) your delivery info’s. How exciting! And thanks again at helping me to raise money for such a brilliant cause.

Yesterday I had a total rest day- I was thinking I might try a short run after work, but my legs were sore and so I opted for some yoga, general stretching and lots of foam rolling instead. Today I was feeling OK so went on a slow 3.something mile run after work, plus more stretching and foam rolling. I have no idea why races make me so much stiffer- last Saturday I did a 10 mile run and was fine on the Sunday. I suppose I did run a little faster, but not much, plus it was way flatter than my normal runs. I think maybe I tense up, and maybe the adrenaline gets me! Anyone else find that?

I have parents evening the next 2 nights, and then we are going away on Friday for the weekend (to do this Robin Hood 10K )so I might manage a short run on Friday after work, but that will be all. So a sort of rest week really.

I went to my running club last night and when I got there I realised that we had hill-work on the schedule… HILLS? The day after the GSR? What was I thinking?

I always feel a lot stiffer the day after a race- typically because I never stop to stretch during a race and on my training runs I always stretch. Did you stretch after? I didn’t! I was too busy recounting every single mile with my sister to even think about stretching! Whoops!

Yay! Thank you for running such a brilliant competition for a great cause. I’ve just started using Nuun, so it’s a perfect prize for me 🙂
I always feel really stiff and tired after races. I think it’s because I run faster, but I also expend a lot of nervous energy, so I crash afterwards.

Congrats to the winners!
As far as the stiffness goes, I reckon it is just the tension. I used to sing in a band and on our first gig, I realised afterwards I’d been so nervous, I was holding myself rigid throughout – and everything ached the next morning, although I’d only been standing still!

Yay! Oh, I am so happy – the Nature’s Path bundle was the prize I was secretly hoping to win the most, and I can’t thank you enough for hosting the giveaway. It means so much to me – I’m having to cut down on a lot of spending due to some financial troubles we’re having with my Mum not being able to work at the moment and I’m so, so grateful to have those cereals as they’re incredibly tasty but also very pricey.

Congrats to everyone else too!

I’m not racing unless something really special comes up suddenly, but I did enter for the Brass Monkey York half marathon in January…could be a snowy one!

Thank you again (and also thanks for responding to my questions about Marathon Talk)

Oh how exciting! I’m just catching up on my blog reading and it’s a lovely suprise to see I’m a winner, thank you Maria 🙂 I’ve never tried any Rude Health products despite always wanting to (the high proice tag always put me off a little) so I’m really looking forward to trying the cereals! I will email you my details today.